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Customer Success

Room to grow, and more.

You’re focused on growing your business, reaching new markets and streamlining your supply chain. Let HOPA help you along the way, with flexible location options, multimodal transportation solutions, and a partnership approach to development, financing and more.
Let’s start a conversation about how HOPA can help your business thrive. Contact our Commercial team today.

Partner Profiles

Canadian Maritime Engineering

CME is a tenant at the Thorold Multimodal Hub, making use of the facility’s proximity to the Welland Canal, and access to the robust network of maritime industry partners in Niagara region.

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BIOVELD/BMI

BMI is a real estate, infrastructure, and business development company invested in building better communities.
HOPA is a property management partner with BMI subsidiary Bioveld, providing property management, customer attraction, transportation infrastructure and services.

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Tora Inc.

Located at the Thorold Multimodal Hub, TORA is highly integrated with the Ontario vehicle manufacturing sector, and is leveraging the facility’s flexible warehousing space and strategic location.

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Industrial Land & Facilities

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supply chain success

“When a business looks at its overall location and supply chain costs, transportation makes the greatest impact by far. that’s where HOPA can develop solutions that add extraordinary value”

Services & Benefits:

Development-ready Industrial Land Throughout Southern Ontario

Multimodal Infrastructure Including Marine, Rail & Truck. With Transload Capacity

Fast-track Development

Finance Partnership

Strategic Advice & Construction Project Management

Long-term Leases Up To 60 Years

Flexible Industrial Space & Move-in-ready Warhouses

Industrial Property Management

Government & Policy Advocacy

Human-resource, Educational & Skills Partnerships

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Heddle Shipyards - The largest Canadian ship repair and construction company on the Great Lakes (CNW Group/Heddle Shipyards)
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Cole Horncastle

Vice President, Commercial

Cole assumed the role of Vice President, Commercial in 2026 after serving as the Executive Managing Director at the Hamilton International Airport.

Cole brings more than 15 years of leadership experience across transportation, commercial strategy, business development, and real estate development.

Cole received his Honours Bachelor of Accounting from Brock University and is a Charted Professional Accountant.

Jonathan Wetselaar

Vice President, Capital Projects

Jonathan serves as Vice President, Capital Projects, bringing over two decades of dedicated leadership to the role.

Since joining HOPA in 2002 as a Port Technologist, he has steadily advanced through key positions, including Design Construction Manager (2010) and Director of Capital Projects (2018).

Throughout his tenure, Jonathan has spearheaded the organization’s most strategic capital initiatives, leveraging innovative approaches to consistently drive value for HOPA’s stakeholders.

Renee Bulger, CPA, CGA

Vice President, Finance

Renee assumed the role of Vice President, Finance after having served as Director of Finance since 2023.

Renee joined the Hamilton Port Authority in 2006 as a General Accountant and was promoted to Controller in 2018. She was previously a member of the Board of Directors for the Hamilton Conservation Foundation from 2017 to 2020.

Renee received her Honours Bachelor of Commerce from Laurentian University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.

Larissa Fenn

Larissa Fenn

Vice President, Corporate Affairs

Larissa Fenn is Vice President, Corporate Affairs at HOPA Ports, leading a team responsible for strategic initiatives, public affairs, sustainability reporting, corporate governance and culture.

In progressive roles over 14 years, Larissa has helped to define and execute the strategy that has grown HOPA Ports into Ontario’s largest and most dynamic port authority. Her previous experience includes policy and communications management roles in financial services and municipal government.

Larissa holds a B.A. in Political Science from Queen’s University, and an MBA from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. A champion for the Great Lakes and vibrant waterfront cities, Larissa serves as a Board Member of the Ontario Marine Council and is former Vice Chair of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton/Burlington, Ontario.

Bill Fitzgerald

Vice President, Strategic Development

Bill assumed the role of Vice President, Strategic Development in 2024, after having served as HOPA’s Vice President, Operations since 2008.

Bill joined the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority in July 1995 as Project Engineer. He previously worked with the Regional Municipality of Ottawa’s Transportation Department, as well as for the Toronto Transit Commission and the City of Waterloo.

Bill received a Bachelor of Applied Science, civil engineering / water resources, in 1995 from the University of Waterloo and registered with the Professional Engineers of Ontario in 1997.

Ian Hamilton

President & CEO

Ian Hamilton is President & CEO of HOPA Ports (Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority). He assumed this role in 2017, after serving as the Port Authority’s Vice President of Business Development and Real Estate since 2008. Ian has been instrumental in developing working waterfronts in Hamilton, Oshawa, and Niagara by attracting new business and private investment, and creating an integrated marine network across Southern Ontario.

Ian possesses more than 25 years of experience in international transportation and logistics in Europe and North America, and has held progressively senior positions in the liner shipping industry, including Transatlantic Trade Director (Europe) for CP Ships and Business Development Manager for Hapag-Lloyd. Ian is Chairperson of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities, and holds positions on various other boards, including: the Chamber of Marine Commerce, the Hamilton Club, and Brigs Youth Sail Training.

Ian holds an MBA from Aston University (UK) and a BSc in business administration and economics from the College of Charleston, South Carolina.